Water-heater



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abhor/nu UNITED STATES WILLIE WRIGHT, 0F THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA.

WATER-HEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 23, 1921..

Application filed November 8, 1919. Serial No. 336,640.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIE utsi-IT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Thomasville in the county of Thomas and State of Georgia.have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ater-Heaters; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in water heatersand the principal object of the invention is to provide a heater adaptedto be attached to an ordinary range.

Another object of the invention is to provide a water heater having aportion thereof adapted to surround the stove pipe in order to utilizethe heat radiated therefrom.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device having aheating coil located within the fire box of the stove and positionedwithin the stove pipe to facilitate the circulation of water within theheater.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forthin the following s recification and accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a front view in elevation of a stove constructed inaccordance with this invention showing a portion of the heater brokenaway to more clearly illustrate the details of construction.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional View on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view on line 4l4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view on line 5-5 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view on line 66 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 1 designates a range or stove ofthe ordinary construction having the usual stove pipe 2 leadingtherefrom. The water heater is designated generally by the numeral 3 andcomprises the back wall 4 which extends upwardly from the rear edge ofthe top of the stove and is formed with the end walls 5 which projectalong the side edges of the stove for a short distance in order tosupport the device.

The back wall 4 of the heater is provided with a vertically extendingcentral curved wall 6 which projects from the top 7 oi the heater to apoint in a plane with the lower edge of the back 1. The wall 6 conformsto the curvature of the stove pipe as clearly illustrated in thedrawings and is connected at its lower end with the stove pipe by thebottom wall 8. A front wall 9 connects the side walls 5 adjacent the top7 and said front wall is joined to the top to prevent the escape ofliquid at this point. The front wall 9 extends downwardly from the topfor a short distance and has connected to its lower edge the inwardlyextending wall. 10 which connects with the back as will clearly be seenupon reference to Fig. This wall 10 is formed centrally of its rear edgewith the recess 11 which is curved to conform to the shape of the stovepipe and connects with the inner faces of the ends of the walls 5, asillustrated in Fig.

Extending downwardly from the wall 10 for a short distance and followingthe curve of the recess 11 is the wall 12 which is joined to the wall 10and the ends of this wall 12 join the back wall adjacent the point wherethe wall 6 joins the back wall to form a drum as illustrated in Fig. 5.A bottom wall 13 joins the lower edge of the wall 12 and is arcuate inform so that its ends extend to the rear wall and the inner edge joinsthe stove pipe. It will thus be seen that a heating drum is formedimmediately beneath the heating chamber formed by the walls 4:, 5, 7, 9and 10. A shelf 1 1 is positioned beneath the bottom wall 10 of thechamber for a short distance and slightly above the lower edge of theheating drum as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and a.

In order to establish a complete circulation through the device thevertical pipe 15 is provided and extends through the stove pipe 2. Theupper end of this pipe is bent as at 16 and projects into the top of theheating chamber as illustrated in Fig. 4: while the lower end of saidpipe is bent angularly as at 17 and projects into the fire box of thestove. The end of the bent portion 17 is provided with a cap 18 and abranch 19 leads rearwardlv from the pipe 15 near its lower terminal andcommunicates with the interior of the lower end of the rear portion ofthe heater. A. suitable faucet 20 is threaded into the wall 6 near itslower terminal to provide a means for drawing the water from the heaterwhile a filling spout 21 is positioned in the top wall 7 as will beclearly seen upon reference to Fig. 2.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that in use the device is filledwith Water and the hot gases passing from the stove and through thestove pipe 2 will contact with the walls of the pipe and with the pipe15 so that the Water contained within the heater will absorb the heat.It will be seen that as the water becomes hot a circulation will beestablished through the pipe 15 and when it is desired to draw waterfrom the device the faucet 20 is operated. It will also be seen thatwhen the supply has become low or exhausted, the heater may be refilledthrough the opening 21 and a particularly simple and eflicient waterheater is provided for attachment to the ordinary type of stove Withoutin any way necessitating a change in the construction.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredembodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that such changesmay be made in the combination and arrangement of parts as will fallwithin the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is A water heater for stoves comprising a chamber havinga smoke pipe projecting upwardly therethrough, the rear wall of saidchamber being bent backwardly to form a curved water circulating spaceabout said smoke pipe, said chamber having an overhanging part at theupper front portion thereof, and a water circulating tube opening intothe overhanging part and passing downwardly through said pipe and intothe fire box of the stove and also opening into the lower part of thecurved space beforementioned.

In testimony whereof I aflix in presence of two witnesses.

J. M. GOLDEN, W. E. GOLDEN.

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